Category: Strategy
Time for Business Unusual: Why Only Just and Regenerative Approaches Will Get Us to Where We Need to Be
As we catch a breath after COP26, it’s clear that the role of businesses in tackling major global challenges must continue to evolve. Dr Sally Uren, Forum for the Future’s CEO, provides an overview of Forum’s new report on business ...
Seize the opportunity: Designing a goal-setting process that maximizes value creation
By Ezequiel (Zeke) Hart, Director, Anthesis Consulting As the sophistication and profile of public sustainability goals have steadily risen over the past two decades, the goal-setting process has become increasingly daunting for corporate sustainability teams. Sustainability professionals face the prospect of asking ...
4 Ways Companies Can Price Carbon: Lessons from India That Can Work Anywhere
This blog piece was originally published by World Resources Institute (WRI). By Chirag Gajjar, Senior Manager & Lead Mitigation, Climate, WRI India The Indian government has adopted some of the world’s most ambitious renewable energy targets, which are a centerpiece of its strategy to ...
Resiliency is Preparedness — and It’s Best Made with Partners
By Scott Tew, Executive Director, Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability at Ingersoll Rand Cities across the globe are already experiencing a great deal of change – and stress – associated with the rise of urbanization. In fact, according to the ...
Better Business, Better World
By Jeremy Oppenheim, Programme Director, Business & Sustainable Development Commission 2015 was a year filled with positive achievements for our collective future, with the adoption of both the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. 2016 came as a stark ...
The Sustainable Development Goals: Doing Business a World of Good
By James McDonald, Director, Global Citizenship and Sophie Beckham, Global Forest Stewardship and Sustainability Manager at International Paper If you’re wondering who is trying to make the world a better place, look no further than the United Nations. Their 17 sustainable ...
Trash Talk: How to Get to Landfill-Free
By John Bradburn, Global Waste Reduction Manager, General Motors GM achieved a record number of landfill-free facilities last year, exceeding our commitment four years early. We now have 152 global facilities that recycle, reuse or convert to energy all daily waste. ...
Sharpening Your Sustainability Edge
By Suhas Apte, President of Apte Consultants and Jagdish N. Sheth, Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing, Goizueta Business School at Emory University The challenges facing global business leaders today are not only increasing in numbers, but also in magnitude. This sentiment has ...
Why a Carbon Tax Alone Isn’t a Miracle Cure for Climate
By Hal Harvey, CEO, Energy Innovation Momentum is growing for a carbon tax to help solve climate change—and for good reason: Properly designed, it induces energy-efficient equipment; balances renewable energy with fossil incumbents; and shows consumers the societal cost of pollution, ...
The Irresistible Vision Behind ‘The New Grand Strategy’
This post was orginally featured on GreenBiz.com By Joel Makower, Chairman and Executive Editor, GreenBiz Group Sometimes, an idea comes along that you just can't pass up. It may be that the messenger behind the idea is charismatic, or that the timing ...